(A) The director of planning shall prescribe the form and scope of applications under this chapter and any necessary accompanying data.
(B) Applications under this chapter shall be made by the property owner or the property owner's authorized agent in writing on the form provided by the city's planning division, accompanied by such data and material as required by the director of planning. If the applicant is not the property owner, a letter from the property owner authorizing the applicant to act as his agent on his or her behalf shall accompany said application.
(C) When an application under this chapter is filed, a uniform fee as established by City Council resolution shall be paid for the purposes of defraying the costs incidental to the proceedings. A qualified non-profit organization, as defined in § 3.02.080(B) of the Corona Municipal Code, shall be exempt from fees in accordance with that chapter.
(D) Applications under this chapter shall be considered and acted on by the Board of Zoning Adjustment at a hearing; the hearing to be held within seven calendar days from the date the application is received for filing. The Board’s Secretary, as soon as possible, shall notify the applicant of the time, date, place and purpose of said hearing.
(E) At the hearing, the applicant shall have the right to present evidence through documents, witnesses and otherwise, in support of the application. Any interested person shall be heard and shall be allowed to present evidence in support of or opposition to the application. The Board may, after opening a hearing on an application under this chapter, find that it deems it to be in the public interest that the hearing be a public hearing and shall direct the Secretary of the Board to set the date, time and place thereof and to give notice in accordance with § 17.92.080.
(F) The Board may, for any reason, continue a hearing under this chapter, public or otherwise, to a time, date and place certain when it deems such action necessary for a proper determination of an application.
(`78 Code, § 17.98.180.) (Ord. 2695 § 4, 2004; Ord. 2157 § 2 (part), 1993; Ord. 2047 § 2 (part), 1991.)